In the third year of Qili, several ancient bronze gates, each a hundred zhang tall, appeared in the sky, hanging above the Eastern Region as if from nowhere. The leaders of Blue Star's federations, whose civilization had surpassed three others, convened an emergency meeting. The great prophet Li Luosheng staked the remaining 120 years of his life on the final prophecy of his career. What he received in return were only a few brief lines:
The long-lived masses, the long-lived path, once success is achieved, ten thousand stars wither.
In the fifth year of Qili, an unknown virus broke out in the Western Region. Those infected moved stiffly, felt no pain, and began to attack and bite anything that moved with wild abandon. No ordinary person could stop them.
In the eighth year of Qili, extraordinary people emerged across the regions like shoots after rain. The Demon Suppression Bureau in the Central Region began posting its Register of the Extraordinary, documenting exceptional individuals from all quarters and tracking and investigating them. It hoped to bring them into the Bureau's service, to suppress the demons, ghosts, monsters, and fiends of the Five Regions.